Boost Your Business with Twitter Ads: Key Considerations for Small Biz Owners Boost Your Business with Twitter Ads: Key Considerations for Small Biz Owners The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, July 30, 2024 0 1104 Article rating: 3.0 X (formerly Twitter) advertising can be effective for small businesses in driving engagement and boosting sales, but it can also feel intimidating. Here is a quick overview for your consideration: Read more
Should Meta Instant Experience, Formerly Facebook Canvas, Be Your Ad Choice? Should Meta Instant Experience, Formerly Facebook Canvas, Be Your Ad Choice? The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, July 2, 2024 0 819 Article rating: 3.0 Facebook announced Canvas, hailed as the evolution of mobile advertising, in February of 2016. But this is 2024, and Facebook Canvas is now Meta Instant Experience, so let’s take another look. Read more
Wondering If These Social Media Tools Are Still Free for Small Business? Wondering If These Social Media Tools Are Still Free for Small Business? The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, June 4, 2024 1 858 Article rating: 4.0 When a small business budget can’t stretch any further, the small biz owner looks for free tools to help with social media marketing. Here’s an update to some tools I reviewed in 2016. Read more
How Much Do You Remember about the History of Facebook's Reactions? How Much Do You Remember about the History of Facebook's Reactions? The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, April 9, 2024 0 1171 Article rating: 5.0 Very young officemates may think Facebook always had a choice of reactions, but it was wasn't that long ago that “Like” reigned supreme. Take a stroll down Facebook’s Memory Lane with me: Read more
Try Clever Instagram Contests to Get More Eyes on Your Business Brand Try Clever Instagram Contests to Get More Eyes on Your Business Brand The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, March 12, 2024 0 745 Article rating: 3.0 Instagram contests increase engagement and get people talking about your business, but a contest needs careful planning to be successful. Here’s what you should know to get started: Read more
Wondering Which Social Media Platform Has the Best Engagement Rate? Wondering Which Social Media Platform Has the Best Engagement Rate? The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, February 13, 2024 0 1185 Article rating: 3.0 You probably already know the answer to this, but let’s also talk about the audience your business wants to engage with before you jump on a social media platform. Read more
If Your Website Is Annoying Mobile Users, It's Long Past Time to Fix That If Your Website Is Annoying Mobile Users, It's Long Past Time to Fix That The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, January 16, 2024 1 853 Article rating: 3.0 Everyone and their mother have mobile phones in their pockets, but judging by the number of bad mobile websites, it's hard to believe. Is yours one of the annoying ones? Read more
Look How Far Social Media Marketing Has Come in 8 Years! Look How Far Social Media Marketing Has Come in 8 Years! The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, December 19, 2023 0 778 Article rating: 3.0 Eight years ago, I wrote about what social media marketing trends were being predicted for 2016 and thought it might be interesting to see how much has – or hasn’t – changed since. Read more
If Pinterest Is Wildly Successful for Some Businesses, Could It Be for Yours? If Pinterest Is Wildly Successful for Some Businesses, Could It Be for Yours? The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, November 21, 2023 0 756 Article rating: 3.0 Read more
Facebook Updated Its Algorithm Again, so Make the Most of It Facebook Updated Its Algorithm Again, so Make the Most of It The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, October 24, 2023 0 1661 Article rating: 4.0 Did Facebook just update its algorithm? Maybe. Probably. And more changes will come. That’s why a Facebook page should be optimized just like a website. Is yours? Read more